Parental Guidance: “For anyone wanting an escapist, family movie, Parental Guidance is just the ticket”

Such is Hollywoodâ€™s aversion to anyone growing old, films with leading grandparent roles are few and far between.

But those that are made donâ€™t have to feature stars as far into twilight as Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn were in On Golden Pond (1980).

After all, weâ€™re all supposed to be getting younger and itâ€™s never been exceptional for people around 60 to become grandparents.

Parental Guidance is a variation on Home Alone, with grandparents Artie Decker (Billy Crystal, 64) and Diane (a still livewire Bette Midler, 67) arriving to look after her daughterâ€™s three children while the parents go away.